Music For Listeners 10/02/2021

1) Beastie Boys-"Country Mike's Theme"  From the compilation album 'Anthology: The Sounds of Science'.
2) Margo Price-"Nowhere Fast"  From the album 'All-American Made'.
3) Treetop Flyers-"Castlewood Road"  From the forthcoming album 'Old Habits'.
4) Saint Etienne-"Pond House"  From the brand new album 'I've Been Trying To Tell You'.
5) Pip Blom-"It Should Have Been Fun"  From the forthcoming album 'Welcome Break'.
6) Big Red Machine (feat. Fleet Foxes & Anaïs Mitchell)-"Phoenix"  From the brand new album 'How Long Do You Think It's Gonna Last?'.
7) The Goon Sax-"In the Stone"  From the album 'Mirror II'.
8) Teleman-"Superglue"  From the album 'Brilliant Sanity'.
9) The Mauskovic Dance Band-"Late Night People"  From the album 'The Mauskovic Dance Band'.
10) The Orielles-"Come Down On Jupiter"  From the album 'Disco Volador'.
11) La Luz and Adrian Younge-"Watching Cartoons"  From the album 'La Luz'.
12) Italia 90-"Borderline"  From the digital single for "Borderline".
13) Bad Bad Hats-"Detroit Basketball"  From the brand new album 'Walkman'.
14) Pote (feat. Damon Albarn)-"Young Lies"  From the digital single for "Young Lies".
15) Erin Rae-"True Love's Face"  From the brand new digital single for "True Love's Face".
16) Summer Camp-"Feel It"  From the EP 'Stupid Girl'.
17) Cassia-"Powerlines"  From the EP 'Powerlines'.
18) Declan McKenna-"You Better Believe!!!"  From the album 'Zeros'.
19) James-"Beautiful Beaches"  From the album 'All the Colours of You'.
20) The Molotovs-"City's Guest"  From the EP 'And Their Heads Did Roll'.
21) Darlene Johnson, Manning Redwood, Jeremy Newson, Wendy Raebeck, Richard O'Brien, Patricia Quinn, Rik Mayall, Nell Campbell-"Look What I Did To My ID"  From the soundtrack album for the motion picture 'Shock Treatment'.
22) Sofia Kourtesis-"Juntos"  From the EP 'Fresia Magdalena'.
23) Bob Mould-"Heartbreak A Stranger (Live At The Cabaret Metro, 1989)"  From the brand new box set 'Distortion'.
24) David Byrne-"I Should Watch TV (Live)"  From the album 'American Utopia (Broadway Original Cast Recording)'.
25) Sound Team-"The Fastest Man Alive"  From the EP 'Work'.
26) The Wedding Present-"Blonde"  From the album 'Seamonsters'.
27) The Innocence Mission-"On Your Side"  From the album 'See You Tomorrow'.
28) The Orb-"Oxbow Lakes"  From the album 'Orbus Terrarum'.
29) "The Mid-Morning Recording"   The Whigs-"Live In Little Five"
I've seen the Athens, Georgia band The Whigs live many times at this point. They are in fact the only band I've ever seen live in Athens, Georgia. Easily one of the best rock and roll live acts of the 21st century. Each time I see them, it's even a little overwhelming to me. I'm either in Athens, at SXSW, or hosting the band the first few times they played in San Antonio. I went completely crazy in a mosh pit for probably the final time of my life at a SXSW performance. The last time I saw them, I passed out from dehydration. Lead singer Parker Gispert has said many times that Music For Listeners was the first place to play the band outside of Georgia, which I feel is pretty incredible. This band should have been bigger than they were, and they seemed to be on a rise, but then kind of all wanted to do different things for a bit. Being that they are on a somewhat 'unannounced' extended hiatus, makes me think they will return at some point. I haven't seen them play a big festival, (which they did play), or opening for Kings of Leon (who they supported on many dates over a span of two or three years), but I did see them up close and personal almost a dozen times in clubs. This live album recorded in Atlanta's Little Five Points, is really too short for me, as the band has so many great songs. It is a terrific document of their catchy hooks, drivin' rockin' guitars, incredible bass lines, and over the top drumming. Every song is a corker!!! Parker, Tim, and Julian are certainly one of the greatest rock bands ever. Thanks to Amanda for introducing them to me, all those years ago. "I'm cleaning out the cobwebs, flying high above the plains. I'm spinning on a saucer, spacing out with alien babes." - Michael - MFL
30) James-"Sayonara"  From the album 'Wah-Wah'.